The Media's Insane Reaction to Ebola

Now that the very few actual cases of Ebola in the United States have run their course, and the incubation period for anyone else is past, can we talk about the media reaction?

Chris Hayes Dismantles Right Wing Complaints About Bergdahl Recovery

So, the only American POW in Afghanistan was released. Right Wing World goes nuts because it was President Obama who was responsible for getting him released. They've assailed the President for not informing Congress, they've maligned the soldier himself (and his family, oddly), and more. If this were during the Bush era, complaints like these by liberals would have brought immediate outrage from the right, and accusations of a lack of patriotism. Regardless of the circumstances of an American POW release. And you know that's true.
 

Lindsey Graham's Dick Cheney-Style Sourcing on Benghazi

Southern belle Lindsey Graham has been a Benghazi! shouting machine for a year and a half, determined to make it the next "fetch." So much so, that he's resorted to circular, Dick Cheney-style sourcing when he's gone on the--wait for it--very same Sunday shows the right wing is so obsessed with, regarding Susan Rice. You know how it works. You give a reporter info, she makes it a story, then you relentlessly tout the story as proof of your info! Like magic!